Our story
We got tired of being assistants
to our own software.
It started with a simple frustration: every productivity tool we used promised to save us time — and none of them did. We were still the ones doing the work. Copy-pasting between apps. Re-explaining context every time. Spending hours on tasks that should take minutes.
We looked at what voice assistants could do and knew the technology was there. What was missing was the layer — something that sat between you and your apps, understood what you were trying to accomplish, and actually made it happen.
"What if talking to your phone could actually get things done — not just set a timer?"
So we built PATH. Pretty Amazing Talking Helper — and yes, the name is intentional. We want it to feel like a friend who happens to be impossibly capable. Not a corporate tool. Not a chatbot. A genuine collaborator that works across every piece of software you use.
We started with email because everyone has one. It's the connective tissue of modern work. But the vision was always bigger: a universal layer that makes your entire digital life voice-accessible. Chapter one is email. We're already writing the rest.
Founded
2026
Built from scratch with a clear mission: make technology work for people, not the other way around.
First product
Voice-controlled Gmail management — read, search, compose, and send without touching your screen.
The north star
Every app.
One voice layer that works across every platform, tool, and service you use daily.
Built for
Everyone.
Accessibility-first by design. A voice layer doesn't just make things faster — it makes them possible.
The builders.
Small team. Big conviction. We've been building this because we genuinely believe it needs to exist.
Ariyan P.
Co-founder & CEO
Obsessed with making technology feel human. Building PATH to be the AI layer that should have always existed.
Yale University
Kush Patel
Co-founder & COO
Drives the strategy and operations behind PATH's growth. Focused on bringing the vision to the people who need it most.
Stanford University
Ron Saramya
Co-founder & CTO
Architects the technology powering PATH's universal layer. Turns ambitious ideas into working software — fast.
Stanford University
What we stand for.
Technology should adapt to how people naturally think and communicate — not the other way around. Voice is human. PATH is voice.
A voice layer doesn't just make tasks faster. For people who've historically had less access to technology, it makes things possible. That matters to us enormously.
We have zero interest in features for their own sake. Every decision we make asks one question: does this make PATH more useful to the person using it?
An assistant that doesn't know you isn't an assistant. PATH is built to understand who you are, how you work, and what you care about — and to remember.
We share our thinking, our progress, and our mistakes with the people who use PATH. The community doesn't just use the product — they shape it.
Email is a starting point. The real vision is a world where every interaction with technology can happen through natural conversation. We're building toward that — every day.
Let's build this together.
Whether you're joining the waitlist, following our journey, or thinking about joining the team — we're glad you're here.